"Asleep at the Wheel has been keeping Western swing alive for 45 years. The band marks their anniversary with a new tribute to the King of Western swing and his band, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys."

Hot Club of Cowtown and Asleep at the Wheel cap a full day of activity at the Kansas Cowboy Jubilee, which includes a free performance by the Quebe Sisters at 4:30 p.m.

Asleep at the Wheel

Ray Benson founded Asleep at the Wheel in Paw Paw, West Virginia, 46 years ago. Now based in Austin, the band holds 10 Grammy awards, 20 studio albums and 20 singles on the Billboard country charts. Asleep at the Wheel, now traveling as an eight-piece band, is bringing a fresh look and sound. Recent additions Katie Shore (fiddle, vocals), Dennis Ludiker (fiddle, mandolin) and Connor Forsyth (keyboard, vocals) have instilled a newfound energy and their own unique style within the band. Between those Texas Twin Fiddles and Boogie Piano, you can bet you'll be dancin' down the aisles and swingin' all night long when the Wheel rolls into town!

Hot Club of Cowtown

You’d think a band from Austin, Texas, with the word “Cowtown” in its name spends its time off from touring herding cattle at a West Texas ranch, or maybe in Nashville writing songs about whiskey and loose women. Not the Hot Club of Cowtown. “We recently took a band vacation to the Gypsy Festival at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,” says the band’s fiddler and vocalist, Elana James. The band also features Whit Smith, Hot Club’s guitar player, and vocalist and bass player Jake Erwin.

Kansas Cowboy Jubilee

Before the musicians rosin up their bows, a full day of free, family-friendly fun is on tap at JCCC. Starting at 11 a.m. and running until 4 p.m. in the Carlsen Center, you will find:

Kansas Studies Institute Guest Lecturers

Topics on Kansas history presented by university professors, Kansas historians, authors and Kansas ranchers.